Nallagatla Swamy Das

Background

Swamy Das was born in Gosaveedu Village of Khammam District. His father N. Bhushanam and mother N. Leela Bayamma were both teachers.

Education

Swamy Das attended the Panchayathi Samithi elementary school. He attended the Zilla Parishath Government High School, Ramannapalem until class 10. He studied Intermediate at Government Junior College, Banigallapadu.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) in 1978 from South.R & B.G.N.R Government Degree College, Khammam after which he enrolled in the M.A (Political Science and Governance) course at the Osmania University, Hyderabad.

He later completed a Masters of Education from Government College of Education, Nagarjuna Sagar.

Career

He did not complete his The Master of Philosophy (Public Administration) and instead got involved into active politics. Since his schooling, Nallagatla played kabaddi. After breaking his leg, he stopped playing lieutenant

Swamy Das entered politics as a Student leader when he was a student at South.R & B.G.N.R Government Degree College.

He was again elected as a Student Union leader for TNSF while studying at Osmania. At first he supported the Communist Party Of India.

In 1993 he entered the Telugu Desam Party. Swamy Das was TDP"s Contesting candidate for five times in a row from Tiruvuru Constituency.

He supported sub-categorisation of reservation for Schedule Castes.

In 2014, Swamy Das once more ran for election representing the Telugu Desam Party, but lost in a close vote to Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi.

Achievements

• He was a well known National Kabaddi Champion playing for Nizam Kabaddi Team from Hyderabad. He won two elections against Koneru Rangarao, the reigning M.L.A of Tiruvuru who is also The Deputy Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Das won "The Best All-rounder" Award from the legislature for his active participation and performance in sports, Public Speaking, Literature knowledge and other various art forms, 1999 - 2004.

Membership

He was twice elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh during the years 1994-2004 from the Constituency of Tiruvuru, Krishna District.